Genres of music should not organize, they should describe
We might have heard someone claim “I mainly listen to rock” or “I only play rap music” when describing their music preferences. It’s apparent that we think of genres of music as clearly defined...
Tame Impala’s dive into the ‘20s: a look into the legacy and future of...
Tame Impala might have been the biggest band of the previous decade. The band’s debut album “Innerspeaker” came out in 2010 and played a huge role in ushering in a new era of psychedelic...
The good, the bad and the ‘Invisible People:’ a Chicano Batman review
The Good
By: Christian Valdez, CW
Chicano Batman’s natural ability to transform and redefine genres culminates in the evolutionary success of “Invisible People,” (2020) an unbound masterpiece of musical exploration.
The album is noticeably different from the...
Bombay Bicycle Club attempts to bring indie music back together with ‘Everything Else Has...
There was a period of time in which radio-friendly indie music had its Golden Age, when every song sounded slightly similar to one another. Every hit single had a self-reflective theme of youth or...
California’s best kept secret: the Inland Empire arts scene
The legitimacy of the Inland Empire music and arts scene has always been a hot topic of debate between folks from Los Angeles and people from the Inland Empire (IE). This subject gained even...
Remembering “KUCR: A Retrospective”
Sarah Bazzy /HIGHLANDER
During September of 2019, a group of KUCR DJs gathered at the radio station for a weekly meeting to discuss how an exhibit at Pain...